ERASMUS Mundus Program Guide - EACEA - Europa

Activities may include the promotion of the Erasmus Mundus Programme and its outputs, and can be
implemented by mixed networks of European and third-country organisations active in the field of higher
education.
Action 3 activities may take various forms (conferences, seminars, workshops, studies, analyses, pilot
projects, prizes, international networks, production of material for publication, development of information,
communication and technology tools) and may take place anywhere in the world.
Action 3 activities shall seek to establish links between higher education and research and higher education
and the private sector in European and third countries, and exploit potential synergies whenever possible.
The Action 3 budget for the entire duration of the Programme amounts to € 16 million and should lead to the
funding of around 50 projects.
1.4 HOW TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE…
1.4.1 A EUROPEAN 9 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (HEI) 10 :
European HEIs can submit:
An Action 1 application proposing a joint programme at masters or doctoral level developed in
cooperation with partner universities from Europe and, if relevant, third countries. If the proposal is
selected, Erasmus Mundus funding will be awarded during five consecutive years (subject to the
renewal of the Programme beyond 2013) with the purpose of:
o contributing to the joint programme's implementation and management costs;
o offering scholarships/fellowships to European and third-country students / doctorate candidates
enrolled in the joint programme;
o (in the context of masters programmes only) offering short-term scholarships to European and
third-country scholars to carry out teaching and research activities in the context of the joint
programme.
An Action 2 application presenting a structured cooperation partnership targeted at specific non-
European countries/regions and composed of European and third-country HEIs from the geographical
area concerned, with the purpose of offering full and short-term scholarships to students, scholars and
professionals from the third countries and, if eligible, European countries concerned.
An Action 3 application presented on behalf of a consortium or network of European and thirdcountry
HEIs/organisations active in the field of higher education with the objective of enhancing the
attractiveness of the European higher education sector and to facilitate its cooperation with the rest of
the world.
1.4.2 A THIRD-COUNTRY HEI 11
Although third-country HEIs can participate as active members of the consortium/partnership/network in
exactly the same actions as European HEIs, they cannot submit a grant proposal on behalf of the entire
consortium/partnership/network. Such applications have to be presented by European organisations.
8 For more details on these instruments, see http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
9 See Chapter 2 for the definition of European Institution.
10 For the purposes of Action 1 B - Joint Doctorate programmes, the concept of HEI includes also doctoral/graduate/research schools
and research organisations providing doctoral training and research activities and delivering recognised degrees at doctoral level:
see definition under Chapter 2.
11 See Chapter 2 for the Definition of third-country institution.
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